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301. Screening for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2021 - Both types of infection can increase risk of acquiring or transmitting HIV. … all sexually active women 24 years or younger and in women 25 years or older who are at increased risk … Assessment of Risk Age is a strong predictor of risk for chlamydial and gonococcal infections, with … Assess risk: recommendation? • Women aged 15 to 24 y have the highest infection rates. … of hospital-diagnosed PID compared with usual care (relative risk, 0.6 [95% CI, 0.4-1.0]), but the

302. Clinical Summary: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults (pdf file)
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     Grade: D Risk Assessment Low bone mass, older age, and history of falls are major risk factors … Other risks factors for low bone mass and fractures include female sex, smoking, use of glucocorticoids … Absolute fracture risk is very low in premenopausal w omen compared w ith postmenopausal w omen. … recommends exercise interventions to prevent falls in community-dw elling older adults at increased risk … recommends screening for osteoporosis in w omen 65 years or older and in younger w omen at increased risk

303. JAMA (pdf file)
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     June 11, 2019 - Roger Chou, MD IMPORTANCE Prenatal screening for HIV can inform use of interventions to reduce the risk … New evidence confirms that combination ART is highly effective at reducing the risk of mother-to-child … exposure to combination ART associated with less neurodevelopmental impairment vs no expo- sure (adjusted relative … Benefits and risks of antiretroviral therapy for perinatal HIV prevention. … Interventions for reducing the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection.

304. Archived: Breast Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - Preliminary results at seven years found a relative risk of 0.80 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.54 … mortality for the intervention group as a whole. 16 , 44 The Swedish overview, however, reported a relative … For the small group of women reporting thorough BSE compared to all others, the relative risk was 0.54 … for study purposes rather than on biologic cutpoints above or below which the ratio of benefits to risks … The risks and benefits of mammography and CBE may be best considered as changing on an age continuum

305. Evidence Summary: Gestational Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 10, 2021 - of primary cesarean deliveries (relative risk [RR], 0.70 [95% CI, 0.54-0.91]; absolute risk difference … seriousness of methodological shortcomings. 1 Data Synthesis and Analysis For intervention effects using relative … risks (RRs), meta-analyses used random-effects models in Review Manager version 5.1 (The Cochrane Collaboration … in high-risk Taiwanese women. … challenge test; OGTT, oral glucose tolerance test; OR, odds ratio; RCT, randomized clinical trial; RR, relative

306. Screening for Carotid Artery Stenosis: An Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2007 - carotid endarterectomy; MI � myocardial infarction; MM � medical management; NR � not reported; RR � relative … risk; RRR � relative risk reduction; VACS � Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study. † Standard errors and … was lower in the carotid endarterectomy group than in the medical management group (5.1% vs. 11.0%; relative … Systematic review of the risks of carotid endarterectomy in relation to the clinical indication for and … risk; RRR 5 relative risk reduction; TIA 5 transient ischemic attack; VACS 5 Veterans Affairs Cooperative

307. Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on Interventions to Prevent Falls in Older Adults Exercise can reduce the likelihood of falls in adults 65 and older; additional interventions might be helpful for some older adults (pdf file)
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     June 04, 2024 - with their older patients about whether additional interventions might be helpful to reduce their risk … Other risk factors include sensory problems, medications that may increase fall risk, hazards at home … The Task Force found that providing multifactorial interventions to reduce the risk of falls may benefit … plan of interventions developed to help address the individual’s specific risks. … “Healthcare professionals should discuss with their older patients who are at increased risk whether

308. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     February 13, 2018 - their risk for ovarian cancer). … Risk Assessment Women with certain hereditary cancer syndromes are at high risk for ovarian cancer. … Women with certain hereditary cancer syndromes are at high risk for ovarian cancer. … peritoneal cancer, which were not reported) between women who were screened vs not screened (0.08% vs 0.16%; relative … primary peritoneal cancer mortality, with 0.34% in the screening group and 0.29% in the usual care group (relative

309. Interventions to Prevent Falls in Older Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review of the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     April 17, 2018 - Exercise trials were associated with statistically significant reductions in people experiencing a fall (relative … effects meta-analysis using the method of DerSimonian and Laird11 was used to calculate the pooled relative … risks (RRs) when there was a sufficient number of contributing studies reporting an outcome for a given … of “high risk.” … Low-intensity exercise and reduction of the risk for falls among at-risk elders.

310. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 15, 2007 - death was lower in the carotid endarterectomy group than in the medical therapy group (5.1% vs. 11.0%; relative … Systematic review of the risks of carotid endarterectomy in relation to the clinical indication for and … risk; ARR = absolute risk reduction; RRR = relative risk reduction; SE = standard error; W = women; … carotid endarterectomy; MI = myocardial infarction; MM = medical management; NR = not reported; RR = relative … risk; RRR = relative risk reduction; VACS = Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study. b Standard errors and

311. Archived: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     September 22, 2014 - Grade: B Risk Assessment All sexually active adolescents are at increased risk for STIs … Assessment of Risk All sexually active adolescents are at increased risk for STIs and should be counseled … excellent opportunity to counsel patients about maintaining a healthy lifestyle and minimizing health risks … including prevention of STIs, is recommended for lesbian and bisexual patients 43 ; education about the risks … ACOG Committee Opinion No. 582: addressing health risks of noncoital sexual activity.

312. ahrq37a_LungCancer_Sum.qxd (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2004 - and quality of the 6 RCTs and 1 non-RCT of lung cancer screening.33–40,47,63–85 Figure 1 shows the relative … risks and confidence intervals (CIs) of these randomized trials. … men and low- or unknown-risk women. … Controlled Trials* of Lung Cancer Screening with Chest Radiography with or without Sputum Cytology Relative … Computerized Tomography Lung Cancer Screening Outcomes* (cont) 14 Lung Cancer Screening Odds Ratio or Relative

313. Final Recommendation Statement: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 30, 2024 - However, they are also often important predictors of health risk. … USPSTF breast cancer screening recommendation found that screening mammography was associated with relative … tumor characteristics of cancers detected following annual vs biennial screening intervals. 14 The relative … Relatedly, some comments expressed that risk-based screening should be recommended. … Practice Bulletin Number 179: breast cancer risk assessment and screening in average-risk women.

314. Primary Care–Relevant Interventions to Prevent Opioid Use Disorder: Current Research and Evidence Gaps (pdf file)
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     May 14, 2021 - settings and may provide insight on promising training strategies to improve pain care and reduce risks … • Updated information on benefits and risks of nonpharmacologic, nonopioid pharmacologic, and opioid … Strategies to identify patient risks of prescription opioid addiction when initiating opioids for pain … Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes. … The effectiveness and risks of long-term opioid treatment of chronic pain.

315. Jak5Cmryt E3Qkszf93Qbo (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2015 - It is a risk factor for developing breast cancer, and it also reduces the ability of a mammogram to … There is also additional context around the description of the potential risks of radiation exposure … The benefit of mammography is that it reduces a woman’s risk of dying from breast cancer. … and may benefit more than average-risk women by beginning screening in their 40s. … Family History and Other Risks How do I know if I am at high risk for breast cancer?

316. Dl4Dsze-Jdjcpgdazq Byj (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2015 - It is a risk factor for developing breast cancer, and it also reduces the ability of a mammogram to … There is also additional context around the description of the potential risks of radiation exposure … The benefit of mammography is that it reduces a woman’s risk of dying from breast cancer. … and may benefit more than average-risk women by beginning screening in their 40s. … Family History and Other Risks How do I know if I am at high risk for breast cancer?

317. Archived: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 15, 2008 - (Go to the Clinical Considerations section for information on risk assessment.) … Assessment of Risk All sexually active adolescents are at increased risk for STIs and should be offered … In addition, risk-reduction counseling may be offered by community organizations. … reduction or risk avoidance. … The American Academy of Family Physicians recommends counseling adolescents and adults on the risks

318. Hdzuzdx4Qlnc2Pjbkfwquw (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2016 - Because we held relative risk levels constant over age, our benefit estimates could be over- or underestimated … Approximation of the Age Trial With 13-y Follow-up, by Model* Model Relative Risk for Breast Cancer … Center; S = Stanford University; W = University of Wisconsin and Harvard Medical School. * Projection of relative … 100% receipt of the most effective treatments. † Age trial invitation results (intention to treat): relative … Age trial results for women who actually were screened: relative risk, 0.76 (CI, 0.51–1.01).

319. A and B Recommendations | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 01, 2025 - B August 2019 * Breast Cancer: Medication Use to Reduce Risk: women at increased risk … for breast cancer and at low risk for adverse medication effects. … See the "Assessment of Risk" section for additional information on adults at increased risk. … for an osteoporotic fracture as estimated by clinical risk assessment. … of HIV acquisition to decrease the risk of acquiring HIV.

320. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Counseling, 2012 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 15, 2012 - squamous cell carcinoma (risk ratio, 0.65 [CI, 0.45 to 0.94]) but not basal cell carcinoma (risk ratio … no clear protective or harmful association BCC = basal cell carcinoma; OR = odds ratio; RR = relative … Women and Cancer Study; NR = not reported; OR = odds ratio; RCT = randomized, controlled trial; RR = relative … IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans: Solar and Ultraviolet Radiation. vol … Markers and relative risk in a German population for developing malignant melanoma.